Ángeles Montolio

Ángeles Montolio
Country (sports) Spain
ResidenceBarcelona
Born (1975-08-06) 6 August 1975 (age 49)
Barcelona
Height1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
Turned proFebruary 1990
Retired2003
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$720,661
Singles
Career record276–200
Career titles3 WTA, 12 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 22 (25 February 2002)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (2000)
French Open2R (2000, 2001)
Wimbledon3R (2001)
US Open3R (1999, 2001)
Doubles
Career record46–54
Career titles0 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 114 (21 April 1997)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (1997)
Team competitions
Fed Cup2–1

Ángeles Montolio (born 6 August 1975) is a former tennis player from Spain.

Montolio reached a career-high ranking of world No. 22 in February 2002, and won three WTA Tour titles at the small events in Porto, Estoril, and Bol, as well as reaching the finals of Madrid and Palermo. Her best results in Grand Slam tournaments were appearances in the third round of the Wimbledon Championships in 2001, and of the US Open in 1999 and 2001.

As a junior, she won the 1993 Orange Bowl for over-18s.

WTA career finals

Singles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Winner – Legend
Tier I
Tier II
Tier III (1–1)
Tier IV & V (2–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 1999 Palermo, Italy Clay Anastasia Myskina 6–3, 6–7(3–7), 2–6
Win 1–1 Apr 2001 Estoril, Portugal Clay Elena Bovina 3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Win 2–1 May 2001 Bol, Croatia Clay Mariana Díaz Oliva 3–6, 6–2, 6–4
Loss 2–2 May 2001 Madrid, Spain Clay Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 5–7, 0–6
Win 3–2 Apr 2002 Porto, Portugal Clay Magüi Serna 6–1, 2–6, 7–5

ITF Circuit finals

$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles (12–6)

Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1. 2 May 1993 Lerida, Spain Clay Rosa Maria Llaneras 6–7(3), 6–3, 1–6
Loss 2. 9 May 1993 Balaguer, Spain Clay Caroline Toyre 7–6(5), 6–7(5), 4–6
Win 1. 10 May 1993 Barcelona, Spain Clay Mariam Ramón Climent 7–6(3), 6–4
Loss 3. 17 May 1993 Tortosa, Spain Clay María Sánchez Lorenzo 2–6, 5–7
Win 2. 21 February 1994 Valencia, Spain Clay Sofia Prazeres 6–3, 6–0
Loss 4. 28 February 1994 Madrid, Spain Clay Sarah Pitkowski-Malcor 4–6, 3–6
Win 3. 5 June 1994 Hebron, Spain Hard Cristina Torrens Valero 6–3, 6–2
Win 4. 12 June 1995 Hebron, Spain Clay Federica Fortuni 7–6(5), 6–7(3), 6–4
Win 5. 13 July 1998 Getxo, Spain Clay Kira Nagy 7–6(4), 7–6(5)
Win 6. 5 October 1998 Girona, Spain Clay Marta Marrero 6–4, 6–1
Win 7. 1 February 1999 Mallorca, Spain Clay Gisela Riera 6–0, 6–3
Win 8. 14 February 1999 Mallorca, Spain Clay Emmanuelle Curutchet 6–3, 6–7(7) , 6–1
Loss 5. 29 March 1999 Pontevedra, Spain Hard Anabel Medina Garrigues 1–6, 2–6
Win 9. 9 May 1999 Athens, Greece Clay Laura Pena 6–0, 6–2
Win 10. 16 May 1999 Edinburgh, UK Clay Patricia Wartusch 6–3, 6–4
Win 11. 20 June 1999 Marseille, France Clay Cristina Torrens Valero 6–4, 7–5
Loss 6. 27 June 1999 Gorizia, Italy Clay Anastasia Myskina 1–6, 3–6
Win 12. 12 June 2000 Marseille, France Clay Anabel Medina Garrigues 6–2, 6–7(4), 6–4

Doubles (1–3)

Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1. 3 May 1993 Balaguer, Spain Clay Yolanda Clemot Melissa Beadman
Vanessa Menga 		2–6, 2–6
Loss 2. 20 February 1995 Valencia, Spain Clay Estefanía Bottini Petra Raclavská
Kateřina Šišková 		6–4, 3–6, 5–7
Loss 3. 10 June 1996 Budapest, Hungary Clay Fabiola Zuluaga Virág Csurgó
Nóra Köves 		7–5, 5–7, 2–6
Win 1. 14 February 1999 Mallorca, Spain Clay María Fernanda Landa Emmanuelle Curutchet
Kelly Liggan 		2–6, 6–4, 7–6

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
Tournament 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 W–L
Australian Open A 1R A 1R A A 2R 1R 1R Q1 1–5
French Open 1R Q1 1R 1R A Q2 2R 2R 1R A 2–6
Wimbledon A A 1R A A A 1R 3R 1R A 2–4
US Open 1R Q1 1R A A 3R 1R 3R 1R A 4–6
Win–loss 0–2 0–1 0–3 0–2 0–0 2–1 2–4 5–4 0–4 0–0 9–21
Sporting positions
Preceded by Orange Bowl Girls' Singles Champion
Category: 18 and under
1993 		Succeeded by